South Africa’s electoral commission said on Thursday it had excluded former president Jacob Zuma from standing in the May 29 general election. “In the case of former president Zuma, yes, we did receive an objection, which has been upheld,” commission president Mosotho Moepya told reporters, without giving details. “The party that has nominated him has...
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Remi Tinubu donates N1bn to fight tuberculosis
The First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, on Thursday, donated N1 billion to support the fight to end the Tuberculosis epidemic in Nigeria by 2030. Tinubu made the donation in Abuja following her investiture as the global and national Stop TB champion by the Global Stop TB Partnership. Newsmen reports that the First Ladies from the...
Anambra court jails two for vandalising electricity cables
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital has sentenced Chinonso Chinaemelu, 27-year-old, and Okoye Christian, 20-year-old to one-year imprisonment respectively for vandalising a distribution substation belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc. This development was made known by the Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, in a statement on Thursday....
Toddler Branded Witch And Abandoned In Akwa Ibom
A little girl who was abandoned and left to die in Akwa Ibom State after being branded a witch has been rescued by popular Danish aid worker, Anja Loven Ringgren Loven.Loven, who disclosed this on Thursday, March 28, 2024, said the child was found in a near death situation. “Yesterday we received a call in...
Three Arrested For Kidnapping 30-year-old Man And Chopping Off His Hands With Machete
Three suspects have been arrested in Mpumalanga, South Africa, in connection with the abduction of a 30-year-old man.The both hands of the victims were also chopped off with a panga by the suspects. The hapless victim identified as Dumisani Mahlangu, was walking on the road in Vosman, in the early hours of the morning last...
BREAKING: Binance Executives Drag NSA Ribadu, EFCC To Court
Tigran Gambaryan, the detained Binance executive, has launched legal proceedings against the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Gambaryan sued Ribadu and EFCC over alleged violation of his fundamental rights.In the originating motion dated and filed March 18 by his lawyer, Olujoke Aliyu, from Aluko and Oyebode...
BREAKING: Military Bows To Pressure, Releases Abducted Editor
The Editor of FirstNews Online Newspaper, Segun Olatunji, has finally regained his freedom after spending as many as 14 days in custody.Gunmen in military uniform had invaded Olatunji’s residence at Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos state, on March 15, and abducted him. While the journalist’s family did not receive any communication from his...
U.S., India Rejected Actor Mr Ibu Because He Couldn’t Survive Flying Abroad – Nigerian Actors Guild Reveals
The Actors Guild of Nigeria has provided clarification on why the late comic actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu, was not transported abroad for medical treatment during his illness. While speaking to News men in a viral video, the union’s president, Chief Emeka Rollas said Mr Ibu was rejected by hospitals in United...
Reps pledge to recover govt helicopters sold to individuals
The House of Representatives has vowed to recover two Bell helicopters, Bell 206L4 BZB and Bell M2061- L4, belonging to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, sold to private individuals. The Chairman, House of Reps Committee on Public Assets, Ademorin Kuye, said this at the investigative hearing on the sale of the two helicopters...
Dangote budgets N15bn for food intervention across Nigeria
The Aliko Dangote Foundation, (ADF) has flagged off the distribution of over 1,000,000, (One million) bags of 10kg rice across all the 774 local governments in Nigeria in Kano and Lagos respectively. President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, who is also the Chairman of ADF, was present at both the flagging off ceremony in Kano...